You learn a little magic, but I use it basically for healing. There are a couple of places where you will use magic scrolls, but I never worried too much about my mana. It's worth it to raise your mana points when you can, because you need them to use scrolls. You WILL rely mostly on your fighting in this game.

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"Christof, do not play with thy food. 'tis unseemly".

I'd better get some magic tuition when I next have some spare skill points, then.

So far I've mainly been using my points to gain strength and dexterity.[With a little lock picking and sneaking on the side ]

EDIT :

I've accumulated a few skill points again now (12). So should I just "buy" mana or do I possibly need to acquire more points and then go ask for actual "training" in magic from someone ??[I can't find much info on the web about magic in Gothic 1.]

When you want to use a scroll, make sure you have the correct amount of mana (for example,if you want to use healing,& it takes 10 mana points, you must have the points, then give it a number, like 4, close the menu, press 4, & the spell will show up on the screen. Then press ctrl+up to use the spell. Sometimes, you have to hold it a while before it works. You can assign a number to each of your spells, & press that number for each spell. There are 2 places I can think of where you can raise your mana points - one is in the New Camp, from Chronos, the guy who walks around the ore mound all day, & one is in the Swamp Camp, from Bal Cadar.

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"Christof, do not play with thy food. 'tis unseemly".